Dark Knight: Damage Dealer or Tank?

[Stryker12]

The only real questions I have are


How much longer can we make the duty finder ques with two more dps classes and load it down with(musketeer and if you guys get Dark Knight as a dd)

And will we have new tanks? And healers? I would be let down if they just made two new dps classes. So i vote dark Knight as a tank that uses leeching magic to recover.

[Tawm]

First lore was FF3 who used Dark Blades/Katanas.

First to be able to use specific Dark Knight abilities, maybe; but the first Dark Knight in the series is Leon from FF2 who was trained in most available weapon types in the game by default.


Not sure what role Dark Knights had in FF11, but seeing as its most distinguishable feature in the main series is using Souleater/Darkside/Darkness for heavy damage, I'd have to go with DPS.

[Mettaur]

Actually, first lore was FF2, where Leon was equipped with both a sword and an axe. But Cecil's still the most iconic face for the Job.



The opposite. Dark Knight Cecil always wielded both a sword and shield, and you couldn't obtain two-handed weapons(specifically the Avenger Sword, which also turned you berserk) until after you became a Paladin.

I suppose you are correct. Even if I wouldn't consider people to have jobs in it. Regardless I would still like DRK to be a melee DPS with greatswords.

[amnie]

The only real questions I have are


How much longer can we make the duty finder ques with two more dps classes and load it down with(musketeer and if you guys get Dark Knight as a dd)

And will we have new tanks? And healers? I would be let down if they just made two new dps classes. So i vote dark Knight as a tank that uses leeching magic to recover.

common misconception. people who don't like to tank won't magically start tanking just because there is a third tanking job.
same as with healing. while some people may prefer dot healing or pet healing or group healing or single target healing, if there's only one healing class there won't be a lot less healers than there would be if there were 2 or 3. people currently healing or tanking won't switch to dps just because there's going to be a new dps class.

(rules are made by their exceptions)

[FMElan]

I suppose you are correct. Even if I wouldn't consider people to have jobs in it. Regardless I would still like DRK to be a melee DPS with greatswords.

I've never really cared for Dark Knights being the greatsword wielders, personally. The only games to actually feature that in FF's history were Final Fantasy XI, and X-2. Haven't played XI, but...need I say more? :-p

It works better for Dark Knights to be the antithesis of Paladins, so setting them up as a DPS Gladiator feels a lot more...right, IMO. Hell, I was half wondering if Aldis would turn out to be a Dark Knight mentor in later patches. Have you seen his sword?

[ErikMynhier]

Dark Knights are usually Sword and Board users. FF11 was the exception. That and the duality of Dark Knight and Paladin leads me to believe it will be the Gladiator's DPS Job.

[jomoru]

common misconception. people who don't like to tank won't magically start tanking just because there is a third tanking job.
same as with healing. while some people may prefer dot healing or pet healing or group healing or single target healing, if there's only one healing class there won't be a lot less healers than there would be if there were 2 or 3. people currently healing or tanking won't switch to dps just because there's going to be a new dps class.

(rules are made by their exceptions)

If they could easily swap between Dps for progression and Tank/heal for daily grind we might see a bit more(thus why I support separating Summoner/scholar stats)

[Arasiel]

Dark Knights are usually Sword and Board users. FF11 was the exception. That and the duality of Dark Knight and Paladin leads me to believe it will be the Gladiator's DPS Job.

Sword and board dps sounds fun, sign me up